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Theatre, Film and TV
Lily Williams
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Jon
Brittain
Playwright, director and writer for stage and television
Jon Brittain is a playwright, television writer and director. His critically acclaimed play Rotterdam premiered at Theatre503 in 2015 before transferring to Trafalgar Studios where it earned him a nomination for the Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2016. It later transferred to 59E59 in New York and the Arts Theatre in the West End. Rotterdam won an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre in 2017.
Jon went on to write and direct a series of cult hit shows; Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho and its sequel Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows were sell-out staples at the Edinburgh Festival.
His musical about depression A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) won a Fringe First Award and has toured extensively - he is now developing it for television.
He directed the Olivier Award/Fringe First Award-winning Baby Reindeer, as well as both of John Kearns's Fosters Award winning shows Sight Gags for Perverts and Shtick. He has also directed Tom Allen, Tom Rosenthal and many other comedians. Some not called Tom.
He was a staff writer on Series 3 of The Crown for Netflix and is currently writing television and theatre and musicals – originals and adaptations. He also sometimes turns up on Twitter in disguise.
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Theatre, Film and TV
Lily Williams
+44 (0)20 7393 4452
Email Lily Williams
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Theatre
Writer
Adaptation of David Walliams' much loved childrens book for stage. Lyrics written with Miranda Cooper. Music by Miranda Cooper and Nick Coler. Won UK Theatre Award for Best Production for Children & Families 2019.
Full length play about gender identity and relationships.
Sally is a happy person, but she’s also got an illness – one that makes her feel like she isn’t the person she wants to be.
Songs written with Matthew Floyd Jones
Comedy about the world of internet dating
Comedy following a relationship played out on Facebook
Writer & Director
Written with Ash Palmisciano. A true story of masculinity and lad culture told from the perspective of a trans man trying to find his place in the world.
Comedy about love, Star Trek, and learning to accept who you are
Director
When Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner Richard Gadd offers a free cup of tea to a stranger, what appears to be a trivial interaction has ramifications far wider than he could ever have imagined.
Associate Director
The world's first show based on coming-out stories
Television
Writer
A bittersweet comedy about a funeral celebrant. Written with Adam Brace.
Radio
Writer
An adaptation of the Olivier Award winning stage play.
Broadcaster Radio 3
